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Chapter 3

Rhett Coleman’s POV

I cannot believe I am having to beg Evie to help me. I saw Mrs. Larkin and my coach right before lunch. I knew them being together was not good, and I had already figured what it was about. I am glad that my coach had already spoke up for me, and begged Mrs. Larkin to allow me to take an extra test, and do some extra credit work. The extra credit work will have to be done in front of her, the Saturday that is a week before our graduation. Mrs. Larkin didn’t cave like we needed her too on this, but she mentioned that the two highest grades were from Evie and Gracie, as they both got every answer correct. She referred them as being the best in the class, and I knew right then that this wasn’t going to be easy.

I honestly didn’t know that Hillary would be such a bitch to her about me giving her a ride to school. I have no interest in Evie, at all. She is not slim enough for me, but she is curvy. You never get to see her whole face, she hides behind her hair and glasses all the time, so you can't even see if she is cute, or not. I haven’t gotten to see her face very well in the last two years. I hate that today had to be the day where Hillary hurt her, not only once, but twice. Evie was right, it was my fault, I should have let her out at the entrance, away from where I normally parked. I just never thought that Hillary was going to be so vicious to her about it.

I have never seen her physically hurt, or have her friends physically hurt someone. I guess I don’t know her the way I thought I did. She didn’t make any motions, or tell them anything. They just walked off behind Evie when she tried to leave. I know how jealous Hillary is, so I should have expected it. I don’t know why she would do something like that though. Hillary knows we all consider Evie and Gracie to be to big to date. We like our women slim, confident, and attractive. Not skittish, shy, and smart. I don’t have anything against smart actually, I think it is impressive, but my friends Scott and Beau do not like their girlfriends to be smarted than them.

When we were in middle school we used to moo at them whenever they passed by us to tease them. Neither girl ever defended themselves, and never said anything about it to their parents. I don’t know why why Hillary would go so sideways over Evie today, it just didn’t make any sense. I have always preferred the slim lines that Hillary has, over how Evie looks in her baggy plain clothes. She has never worn name brands clothing, or even done her hair. It always just hangs down in her face, hiding it from view. She talks to the teachers, and Gracie, that is it.

Seeing Evie fight back today, not backing down in her anger, had given me a much better look at her. She isn’t bad looking, she just needs to lose about 40 lbs. it is really hard to tell her actual size with the baggy clothes that she wears. Maybe I would look at her if she dressed better, but certainly not in her current state. I have a reputation to protect. I am dating the hottest girl in school, I don't have any interest in Evie at all.The fact that Hillary really was honestly jealous of Evie is almost unbelievable. My dad is going to kill me if I don’t get this scholarship, it is my biggest one, and he was so proud of me for getting it. I was proud because I had earned it, and I wanted that football scholarship. It was the one thing I have done completely on my own. It made me happy that no one could claim that my family, or family name, had any part of me getting it.

I can see Evie considering it, and I knew I tugged the right line by mentioning how much that scholarship meant to me. I continued on, “Please, Evie, don’t punish me for the actions of others. I only need about 4 tutoring sessions, and I will be out of your hair. This is a $20,000 scholarship. It will pay for almost two years of college for me. That one, plus the other five that I have already earned, will allow me to get me a full ride. I cannot afford to lose it. My dad’s businesses are not doing as well as they used to, and he was happy that I was able to do this on my own. I am so close to locking them down. I haven’t picked on you, not for the last two years. I only did it when I was younger, and more immature.”

“You never stopped it either Rhett, but you know what, I will tutor you. Four tutoring sessions for $1,000 is fair to me. I am good with that, so I accept. You are right, I do need the money for college” Evie told me. I breathed a sigh of relief even as Hillary glared a hole through me. Hillary will calm down soon enough. It was Evie I needed to charm and convince. Plus, I learned today exactly how possessive, and jealous, she was over me. I will make her forgive me later, but until the tutoring is complete, I will be nicer to Evie. I could tell by how she spoke that she really didn't want to do it. We all knew she had a scholarship to be able to come to high school here. She needed the money, and I had to push that fact. I knew that she would have never agreed without being able to get some kind of a reward out of it.

“Thank's, Evie. Can we start tomorrow? I will bring the money to you tomorrow morning” I asked her. She nodded at me, and then motioned to the door that I was still blocking. I stepped out of their way and crossed the hallway to stand by Scott and Beau. They both knew what these scholarships meant to me. All my life I have relied on my family name, but this, this was something I earned with my own raw talent. I will go to LSU, and then on to play professional football. That is my dream, and I won’t be letting some petty bullshit get in the way of it. Going to college is my first step in making my dreams come true. I am thrilled that I will be successful in it, then everything else will fall in line for me. I heard Hillary’s huff of frustration, and was pulled out of my thoughts.

This was not good, as I watched the door shut behind Evie and Gracie. Evie is going to go report Preston and what he did to the principal. It is a matter of time before the principal views the footage, and calls Preston to the office. He is going to fold on Hillary really quick. I hate that for her, and I know that she is mad at me for allowing them to go into the office. I also know that it will make it even harder to get her to forgive me, but I am stuck right now. What was I supposed to do? Clearly Evie was already hurt earlier today, as her hands were not skinned when I picked her up this morning. I already know that Amber Lynn and Lisa were behind it. Hillary clearly liked to keep her hands clean, so she has deniability about it. Just like she will deny it when Preston rats her out to the principal. But hey, that is on Preston. He shouldn’t have done it when he knows that there are cameras all over the place in the school hallways. He destroyed her books, and he is going to have to pay for it.

“You do know that Preston is going to tell on me right? I could get into trouble over it, Rhett” Hillary asked me, and she is fuming.

“Since when have you admitted to anything that you did was wrong? We both know that you will deny it. You will look innocent when the principal asks, and you will get away with it, again. So let’s get to class before we are late. You already hurt her, and she didn’t do anything wrong. That was just you being a jealous bitch, but you are my jealous bitch” I told her and kissed the side of her face as we all headed to our next class. Hillary scoffed at what I said, but she finally gave a smile. She always likes it when I claim her as mine. She has a dream too, and that is to be on my arm when I do make it to the pro’s. She will calm down soon enough. She had too, as she cannot afford to lose me when we are so close to making our dreams happen.

“You better not touch her while she is tutoring you, Rhett, or I will make you both sorry” Hillary warns me as she goes to enter her classroom.

“How could I do anything with her? You know I don’t have any interest in her like that. I only have eyes for you babe” I replied to her, and her smug grin let’s me know that she is well on her way to forgiving me. She always does, and I breathe a sigh of relief that I won’t have to do too much extra to make her happy. Hillary leans in to give me a kiss, and then heads into her classroom, as I smack her ass. She gives me a grin before shutting the door behind her. I don’t have time to kiss up to her right now, so I am glad that she was calming down quick. I need to get the calculus work done, and then focus on graduation. I won't let Hillary make me lose out on that scholarship.

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